Obituaries
All Obituaries
John Blanton
Feb 8, 2020
Funeral service for John Alfred Blanton, age 90, of Emory will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory. Bro. Wayne Wolfe will be officiating. Interment will follow in Clifton Cemetery. Visitation will be held at 1:00 PM, one hour prior to the service.
Mr. Blanton passed away...
Maria Medina
Feb 2, 2020
A small, intimate family graveside service for Maria del Refugio Sanchez de Medina will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, February 6, 2020, at Smyrna Cemetery. Henry Garmon will officiate.
Maria del Refugio Sanchez de Medina, age 87, of Point, passed away Sunday evening, February 2, 2020, in Greenville at Colonial Lodge Assisted Living...
Homer Robertson
Jan 27, 2020
Homer Lewis Robertson, age 92, of Rowlett, formerly of Emory, passed away, Monday evening, January 27, 2020, at his residence.
Funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 PM, Friday, January 31, 2020, at Emory Baptist Church. Interment will follow the service in Emory City Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at 1:00 PM. Bro....
James Taylor
Jan 19, 2020
James "Jim" Henry Taylor, 82, of Miller Grove, passed away on January 19, 2020, at his home in Miller Grove.
Funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 PM, Thursday, January 23, 2020 at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory. Interment will follow in Dougherty Cemetery. Bro. David Hamm and Stephen Sparks will officiate. Visitation will be 1 hour...
Jackie Huddleston
Jan 15, 2020
Jackie Delynn Huddleston, "Big Daddy", age 83, of Greenville, formerly a lifelong resident of Alba, passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at Hunt Regional Medical Center.
Funeral service is scheduled for Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at 11:00 AM in Alba at the Amazing Grace Fellowship Church with Bro. Billy Smith and Bro. Paul McMerrill officiating. Interment will...
Shawn Hayden
Jan 10, 2020
Shawn Derrick Hayden, age 42, of Lone Oak, passed away Friday morning, the 10th, peacefully
while asleep, at his residence.
Derrick was born Nov. 22, 1977, in Columbus, Ohio, to the parentage of James and Eva Myers Hayden.
Derrick or "Coot" as was the name that attached itself to him since when his...
Sheryl Stephenson
Jan 4, 2020
Sheryl Ann Stephenson, age 54, of Point, passed away Saturday morning, at her residence.
Sheryl was born January 1, 1966, in Corpus Christi, to the parentage of John Young and
Janice Gay Jay Stephenson. She worked as a child care provider at a day care center.
Sheryl is survived by:
Star....her...
Kathleen Roel
Dec 10, 2019
Kathleen Ann Roel, age 61, of Emory, passed away unexpectedly early in the morning of December 10, 2019, in her home.
Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home of Emory. No service is scheduled at this time.
Kathleen was born on September 6, 1958, in Houston, to the parentage of Harold Dean...
Jimmie Redmon
Dec 8, 2019
Jimmie "Laverne" Latham Redmon, age 75, of Emory, passed away on December 8, 2019, at Medical City in Dallas. Cremation arrangements under the direction of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home of Emory.
Her family and church will be hosting the memorial service for Laverne on Saturday, December 14, 2019, at Miracle Faith Baptist Church in Emory. In lieu of...
James Seiwell, Jr.
Dec 4, 2019
James Henry Seiwell, age 57, of Emory, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, December 4, 2019. No services are scheduled. Cremation under the direction of Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home of Emory.
James Henry Seiwell was born on October 10, 1962, in Wilkes-Barre, PA to the parentage of James Henry and Madeline Mae Shaw Seiwell. He worked as a construction contractor....
Shelley Huddleston
Dec 2, 2019
A funeral service for Shelley Lynn Huddleston, age 57, of Alba, will be held at 11:00 a. m. Monday, Dec. 9, 2019 at Amazing Grace Fellowship Church in Alba. Interment will follow service in Salem Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday evening, Dec. 8, 2019, 4:00-6:00 pm at the church. Officiating will be Bro. Billy Smith and Richard Kellam.
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Peggy Greene
Nov 29, 2019
Peggy Ann Greene, age 85, of Emory, passed away Friday, Nov. 29, 2019,
at her residence surrounded by her loving family.
Peggy was born December 27, 1933, in Greenville, to Hubert and Mildred
Graves Moore. She married Floyd Greene on June 27, 1951 in Greenville.
She was a member of Emory...
Donna McLeod
Nov 19, 2019
Donna Sue McLeod, age 81, of Savannah, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at Medical City Frisco. Donna was born on May 21, 1938, in Ashland, Kentucky, to the parentage of Clarence Oliver and Anna Louise Jackson Miller. She married David V. McLeod in Dallas on May 19, 1957, and together they had four children. During her...
Linda Childers
Nov 19, 2019
Funeral service for Linda Kay Childers will be held at 2:00 P. M. Saturday, November 23, 2019, at Clarks Church of God. Internment will follow in Lynch Cemetery. Family visitation will be one hour prior to the service, 1:00 P. M. to 2:00 P.M. Linda Kay Childers, age 77, of Grand Prairie, passed away on Tuesday, November 19, 2019...
Janet Blanton
Oct 25, 2019
Janet Jean Blanton, age 75, passed away on Friday, October 25, 2019, at her home in Louisiana.
Funeral service will be held 11:00 AM, Friday, November 1, 2019 at the Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel. Msgr. Earl Provenza will officiate. Interment will be at Pilgrim Rest Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at 10:00...
Claudia Beggs
Oct 23, 2019
Claudia "Jan" Janet Beggs, age 79, of Emory, passed away Wednesday, October 23, 2019, at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.
Funeral service will be Monday, October 28, 2019, at 2:00 PM, Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory, Bro. Billy Smith officiating. No visitation. Interment will follow in Dunbar Cemetery.
Claudia Janet Beggs, known to...
Frances Cornwell
Oct 22, 2019
Frances Mae Cornwell, age 80, of Edgewood, passed away unexpectedly in a car accident on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, around 7 am.
Memorial service will be held Saturday, October 26, 2019, 10:30AM, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory, Bro. Jimmy Jarrett will officiate. No visitation. No interment.
Frances Mae Cornwell was born in Lamesa,...
Donna Pantenburg
Oct 18, 2019
The family has entrusted the pending cremation arrangements to Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home of Emory.
Donna Marie Pantenburg, age 60, of Emory, passed away Friday, October 18, 2019, at her home.
Donna was born in Spring Valley, IL on May 1, 1959, to the parentage of Alfred Ozzy and Doris Lorraine Mayer Virgo. She had three...
William Strebeck
Oct 11, 2019
William Ray Strebeck, age 75, of Emory, passed away Friday, October 11, 2019 at his residence. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, October 15, 2019, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home. Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, at 2:00 PM, at Wilson-Orwosky Funeral Home Chapel in Emory with Bro. Jim Strebeck and Bro. Wayne Wolfe officiating. Interment...
